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DirWinOpen=F6 Doesn't Seem To Work In V10,B031

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BitPusher

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TCC 10.00.31 Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
TCC Build 31 Windows XP Build 2600 Service Pack 2

The .ini directive "DirWinOpen=F6" doesn't seem to work but does not give an error when starting TC. This works fine in V9.02.

V10 test configuration file:

[4NT]
DirWinOpen=F6
[TakeCommand]
CommandInput=Yes[ListView]
Style=1

Carl
 
BitPusher said:
In:
TCC 10.00.31 Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
TCC Build 31 Windows XP Build 2600 Service Pack 2

The .ini directive "DirWinOpen=F6" doesn't seem to work but does not give an error when starting TC. This works fine in V9.02.

Carl
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Not reproducible here. (Not sure why you'd want to do it anyway, since F6 already opens the directory history window by default.)

Are you sure you have something in your directory history (i.e., does Ctrl-PgUp or DIRHISTORY show anything)?

Rex Conn
JP Software
 
Ctrl+PageUp works, but not F6 with or without the .INI directive. Works fine in V9.02. Filename Completion and Command History pop-ups work as expected in V10.

Carl
 
BitPusher said:
Ctrl+PageUp works, but not F6 with or without the .INI directive. Works fine in V9.02. Filename Completion and Command History pop-ups work as expected in V10.

Carl
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Definitely not reproducible here (tried 3 different systems). Doublecheck your .INI and make sure you're not redefining F6 somewhere (or that you don't have a key alias for F6).

Anybody else seeing a problem with F6?
 
I shut down V9.02, unloaded all aliases using V10, then restarted V10:
[E:\TCMDV10-BETA]ver /r

TCC 10.00.31 Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
TCC Build 31 Windows XP Build 2600 Service Pack 2
[E:\TCMDV10-BETA]alias
TCC: No aliases defined

Still get same result as previously mentioned. The Copy/Paste of the .INI file I posted at 09:13 this morning is the entire .INI file. Where else could F6 definition be that affects V10 but not V9.02?

Maybe I got a bad download or some strange problem during the install. I'm not going to worry about this anymore for the time being until a new beta comes out and I download and install it.

Carl
 
BitPusher said:
Still get same result as previously mentioned. The Copy/Paste of the .INI file I posted at 09:13 this morning is the entire .INI file.
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You might try e.g. NOTEPAD "%_ININAME" just to be sure that the .INI file you're editing is the same one Take Command is using.
 
F6 seems to work for me just fine.

Sent from Cookie's iPhone

On Jan 10, 2009, at 9:11, "JP Software Forums" <[email protected]> wrote:


> ---Quote (Originally by BitPusher)---
> Ctrl+PageUp works, but not F6 with or without the .INI directive.
> Works fine in V9.02. Filename Completion and Command History pop-ups
> work as expected in V10.
>
> Carl
> ---End Quote---
>
> Definitely not reproducible here (tried 3 different systems).
> Doublecheck your .INI and make sure you're not redefining F6
> somewhere (or that you don't have a key alias for F6).
>
> Anybody else seeing a problem with F6?
>
>
>
>
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Here is different display method for .INI. See any problem here?

TCC 10.00.31 Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
TCC Build 31 Windows XP Build 2600 Service Pack 2
[E:\TCMDV10-BETA]echo %_ININAME
G:\Documents and Settings\$7CEJ01\Local Settings\Application Data\JPSoft\TCMD.INI
[E:\TCMDV10-BETA]type "%_ININAME"
[4NT]
DirWinOpen=F6
PopupWinHeight=180
PopupWinWidth=442
[TakeCommand]
CommandInput=Yes[ListView]
Style=1
[E:\TCMDV10-BETA]

Will try on next V10 beta and report back.
Carl
 
As promised, I'm reporting back on V10.0, Build 032. F6 still does not bring up the directory history window. Before posting this, I checked out F6 on a few of my applications and it works as advertised for all of them:
1. Take Command V9.02, Build 154 - "Directory History"
2. SPF/PC V5 - "Change"
3. Ulead Video Studio 10 - "Preferences dialog"
4. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Management Studio Express 2005 - "Toggle between query and results pane"
5. Adobe Reader 7.0 - "Move focus to next pane or panel"
6. TurboCAD V9.1 - "Select first/subsequent object"
7. Magix Music Studio 12 - "Play from cut start"

Since F6 works as advertised in at least the above 7 mentioned applications, I'm sure I don't have a keyboard problem, although I haven't a clue as to why this isn't working with Take Command V10.

Just as a side note, over the weekend I downloaded the Windows 7 Beta and installed it into Virtual PC SP1. Then I installed Take Command V10, Build 031 into Windows 7 Beta. I moved around to a few directories and then tried F6. Did not work but Ctrl+PageUp did.

Something is obviously different in Take Command V10 vs V9.02 (and previous releases). If you have anything you want me to try, please advise.

Carl
 
This is an addendum to my previous post.

While I was getting ready to make dinner I remembered I had a strange keyboard problem years ago that affected 4NT and it was caused by my updating my ATI 8500DV video card drivers. Now they haven't been updated in years, but I have a batch file that I got around 08/15/2003 from Mike Bessy when he didn't believe me. I don't remember what key was affected at that time, but Rex had to make another one of his workarounds to fix the problem.

I tried to copy past the one line .BTM here but I keep getting extra stuff added to it. Basically it does an INKEY, ECHOs the result, and then the ASCII value of the result.

I ran this in Take Command V9.02 and got the following results for F6:
TCC 9.02.154 Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
TCC Build 154 Windows XP Build 2600 Service Pack 2
Registered to Personal Use - 1 System License
[C:\]bkbtest
inkey key? %x
key?
echo key="@64" (ascii=64 54 52)
key="@64" (ascii=64 54 52)
[C:\]

I then ran this on take Command V10, Build 034:
TCC 10.00.32 Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
TCC Build 32 Windows XP Build 2600 Service Pack 2
[C:\]bkbtest
inkey key? %x
key?

There are no results because nothing happens when I press F6, regardless of once or 10 times.

I don't know if this is any help at resolving the problem, but I thought I would mention it.

Carl
 
BitPusher wrote:

> This is an addendum to my previous post.
>
Click to expand...
> I then ran this on take Command V10, Build 034:

> TCC 10.00.32 Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
> TCC Build 32 Windows XP Build 2600 Service Pack 2
> [C:\]bkbtest
> inkey key? %x
> key?
>
> There are no results because nothing happens when I press F6, regardless of once or 10 times.
>
> I don't know if this is any help at resolving the problem, but I thought I would mention it.
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Still not reproducible here (or apparently anywhere else except on your
system).

Rex Conn
JP Software
 
On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:10:57 -0600, rconn <> wrote:


>---Quote---
>> TCC 10.00.32 Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
>> TCC Build 32 Windows XP Build 2600 Service Pack 2
>> [C:\]bkbtest
>> inkey key? %x
>> key?
>>
>> There are no results because nothing happens when I press F6, regardless of once or 10 times.
>>
>> I don't know if this is any help at resolving the problem, but I thought I would mention it.
>---End Quote---
>Still not reproducible here (or apparently anywhere else except on your
>system).
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This has probably been mentioned before, but ...

1. Have you looked at the file specified by %_ININAME to see if contains
"NormalKey=F6"?

2. Is it possible that some other application or a desktop shortcut has
registered F6 as a hotkey?
 
Vince,

1. Have you looked at the file specified by %_ININAME to see if contains
"NormalKey=F6"?

Copy/Paste from TCMD window:
TCC 10.00.32 Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
Copyright 2009 Rex Conn & JP Software Inc. All Rights Reserved
This Beta version expires in 29 days.
[E:\TCMDV10-BETA]echo %_ININAME
G:\Documents and Settings\$7CEJ01\Local Settings\Application Data\JPSoft\TCMD.INI
[E:\TCMDV10-BETA]TYPE "%_ININAME"
[TakeCommand]
CommandInput=No
StatusBar=No
[E:\TCMDV10-BETA]

+++

2. Is it possible that some other application or a desktop shortcut has
registered F6 as a hotkey?

Then how is F6 working correctly in the 7 applications I mentioned including TCMD V9.02?

+++

I found out something else very interesting this morning regarding this issue that I'm going to put in a separate reply.

Carl
 
BitPusher said:
Since F6 works as advertised in at least the above 7 mentioned applications, I'm sure I don't have a keyboard problem, although I haven't a clue as to why this isn't working with Take Command V10.
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If you start an instance of TCC outside of Take Command (the START command with no parameters should do this), do you see the same issue there, or does F6 work as expected?
 
Charles,

What a coincidence. I was going to make a reply addressing just this issue earler when the JP site mysteriously vanished.

I ran 4NT V10 by double-clicking it in "My Computer" and F6 worked just fine as you can see here:
TCC 10.00.32 Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
Copyright 2009 Rex Conn & JP Software Inc. All Rights Reserved
This Beta version expires in 29 days.
[E:\TCMDV10-BETA]ver /r
TCC 10.00.32 Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
TCC Build 32 Windows XP Build 2600 Service Pack 2
[E:\TCMDV10-BETA]echo %_TCTAB
0
[E:\TCMDV10-BETA]bkbtest
inkey key? %x
key?
echo key="@64" (ascii=64 54 52)
key="@64" (ascii=64 54 52)
[E:\TCMDV10-BETA]

I did this earlier this morning almost as a lark, and was really surprised at the result. Do you have any idea why this is happening? I don't, and I'm sure I don't have the tools to solve this issue.

However, if required, I can live with this behavior. I can just run 4NT V10, and for the few times when I'm using multiple console windows I can just open up another instance of 4NT V10. In TCMD V9 I have Folder and List Views, Command Input, and Explorer bar turned off, so the only useful function other than Tabs I'll lose by runing 4NT instead of TCMD is the Status Bar.

Carl
 
BitPusher said:
What a coincidence. I was going to make a reply addressing just this issue earler when the JP site mysteriously vanished.

I ran 4NT V10 by double-clicking it in "My Computer" and F6 worked just fine as you can see here:
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Okay, I've managed to replicate this myself, on two different computers. Both running Windows XP SP3, both with Nvidia graphics cards -- might that be relevant?

It doesn't appear to have anything to do with DirWinOpen, or with TCC for that matter; affects any console app running in a Take Command tab. For example, in CMD.EXE, F6 appends a Ctrl-Z to the command line, but not if CMD.EXE is running in Take Command. In ye olde DOS EDIT.COM, F6 toggles between halves of a split window, but not if EDIT.COM is running in Take Command. And so on. Simply detaching the tab makes F6 work again.

It looks like Take Command is absorbing the F6 for some reason. Renaming/deleting the .INI file doesn't prevent this behavior. Renaming/deleting the "JP Software" registry keys doesn't make any difference either.

Will test on the Aspire One later; it at least doesn't have Nvidia graphics.
 
Charles,

Sorry for the late reply, but today was "errands day".

I'm running Windows XP Professional, SP2 and an ATI 8500DV video card, not Nvida, and I haven't touched the drivers for it in years.

You're the first person so far on this forum who has been able to reproduce this problem. The fact that TCMD V10 (or maybe a different compiler library) is "filtering out" F6 is why nothing happened when I ran the test BTM that Mike Bessy sent me in 2003. Obviously something is different in TCMD V10 vs V9, but I have no tools to track down a problem like this. Unfortunately, since Rex has not been able to duplicate the problem it may not get fixed. Not great, but tolerable, and as I said before I can live with this by just running 4NT.

Thanks for taking the time to work on this.

Carl
 
BitPusher said:
I'm running Windows XP Professional, SP2 and an ATI 8500DV video card, not Nvida, and I haven't touched the drivers for it in years.
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Aha! I just tried under Vista, and F6 is *not* swallowed there! So the issue appears to be OS-specific.

Rex, are you testing under XP at all?
 
Charles Dye wrote:

> ---Quote (Originally by BitPusher)---
> I'm running Windows XP Professional, SP2 and an ATI 8500DV video card, not Nvida, and I haven't touched the drivers for it in years.
> ---End Quote---
> Aha! I just tried under Vista, and F6 is *not* swallowed there! So the issue appears to be OS-specific.
>
> Rex, are you testing under XP at all?
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Yes.

Rex Conn
JP Software
 
It fails with all v10 builds I've tested including 36.

----- Original Message -----
From: "rconn" <>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 7:17 PM
Subject: RE: [Support-t-764] Re: DirWinOpen=F6 Doesn't Seem To Work In
V10,B031



> ---Quote (Originally by Howard Goldstein)---
> Charles Dye wrote:
>
> And I can confirm that F6 *IS* swallowed under XP Home SP3.
>
> --
> Howard
> ---End Quote---
>
> With what v10 build?
>
>
>
>
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rconn said:
Howard Goldstein wrote:



Not reproducible here (I've tried it on 7 systems).

I suspect you have an existing saved shortcut. Try opening regedit, and
going to HKCU\Software\JP Software, and deleting the "Take Command 10.0"
key (which saves the window & key settings).

That was it. Deleting the TCMD10 key fixed it.

BTW, I was having a similar problem with certain keys not working in BDEBUGGER. I deleted the IDE 10.0 key and now that problem is fixed as well.

--
Howard
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Alias Load Failure with Version 10

TCMD version 10 (all builds through 37) fail when my TCSTART.BTM loads
my alias file. I think I've tracked it down to too little space being
allocated for aliases. If I gradually build up the alias file, I get
memory reports like the following:

16,384 characters total alias
1,740 characters free

131,072 characters total function
129,057 characters free

Soon thereafter, adding more alias definition results in a crash.

As you see, far too much space, for me, is allocated to functions and
too little for aliases. But I don't see any user setting for this.

-- Jay
 
Alias Load Failure with Version 10

Jay Sage wrote:

> TCMD version 10 (all builds through 37) fail when my TCSTART.BTM loads
> my alias file. I think I've tracked it down to too little space being
> allocated for aliases. If I gradually build up the alias file, I get
> memory reports like the following:
>
> 16,384 characters total alias
> 1,740 characters free
>
> 131,072 characters total function
> 129,057 characters free
>
> Soon thereafter, adding more alias definition results in a crash.
>
> As you see, far too much space, for me, is allocated to functions and
> too little for aliases. But I don't see any user setting for this.
Click to expand...

Are you using global or local aliases?

Rex Conn
JP Software
 
Alias Load Failure with Version 10

I use global lists. MEMORY reports

262,144 characters total alias
261,466 characters free

131,072 characters total function
131,019 characters free

These are both twice the values mentioned in limitations.htm and alias.htm.

Do we have any control over the size of global alias and function lists?
 
Alias Load Failure with Version 10

vefatica wrote:

> I use global lists. MEMORY reports
>
> 262,144 characters total alias
> 261,466 characters free
>
> 131,072 characters total function
> 131,019 characters free
>
> These are both twice the values mentioned in limitations.htm and alias.htm.
>
> Do we have any control over the size of global alias and function lists?
Click to expand...

You cannot specify the initial size, and you cannot resize global lists.

Rex Conn
JP Software
 
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